E 1000 Ratte

Several designs were proposed and mockups made.

E 1000 ratte. Fist of war german wwii e75 heavy panzer. Add to wishlist add to compare list. Wwii germany landcruiser p 1000 ratte weapon set pack. Landkreuzer p 1000 ratte the ratte is known for its enormous size.

It would have weighed 1 000 tonnes five times the weight of the panzer viii maus. As the beginning of the war swept over europe with lightening speed hitler felt invincible at least for the first two years of the war. This would have been a 1000 ton ultra heavy tank equipped with dual 280mm 11 in sk c 28 naval guns in a panzerschiff mount derived from the detschland class cruisers. Although the super heavy tanks e 100 and maus managed to be translated into the prototype stage the ratte project existed only on paper.

The divided weight of the ratte included 300 tonnes of armament the total weight of the guns themselves was 100 tonnes. Usaf b 52g stratofortress strategic bomber. In june 1942 he sent a proposal to hitler for a new landcruiser. In the midst of world war ii hitler pushed for the creation of one of the most powerful and least practical weapons of all time.

Landkreuzer p1000 ratte origins of the myth. 1000 rat was a possibly fanciful design for a 1000 ton tank for use by nazi germany during world war ii that may have been proposed by krupp director edward grotte in june 1942 who had already named it landkreuzer submitted designs and drawings of the vehicle went under the names okh auftrag nr. Add to wishlist add to compare list. 1000 ratte would have been the largest heaviest tank ever created.

30404 and e 30404 1 which were. Add to wishlist add to compare list. He was known for his megalomaniac ambitions but the most telling example of his unrestrained hubris was endorsing the landkreuzer p 1000 which he nicknamed the rat ratte. The design in our illustration is the most common design for the ratte.

He designed a 1000tons 984ton vehicle that impressed hitler. Scale model reconstruction of a p 1000 ratte in 1941 krupp conducted a strategic study which resulted in the emergence of the super heavy panzer viii maus tank. In 1941 grotte was working on development of u boat for krupp. Weighing 1 000 tons five times the weight of the heaviest tank ever built and measuring 115 feet long the ratte was a testament to overkill.